How to give up
Why extreme swimmer Beth French doesn鈥檛 regret giving up on her life鈥檚 ambition
British swimmer Beth French has chronic fatigue syndrome, and when she was a teenager, she even spent a year in a wheelchair. So years later, when she swam all the way from England to France 鈥� and was still home in time to put her son to bed 鈥� she knew she鈥檇 done something really special. But then Beth set herself an impossible challenge 鈥� she vowed to swim seven of the world鈥檚 most dangerous ocean channels in a single year. She faced sharks and rip currents. But it was something closer to home that made her stop. She tells Outlook鈥檚 Jo Fidgen her story. (Photo credit: Oceans 7 Films.)
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